Routine screening of children returning home from the tropics: Retrospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7183, 1999, Pages 568-569

  Brouwer, Marianne L ^a   Tolboom, Jules J M ^a   Hardeman, Jaap H J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; TROPICAL DISEASE; TROPICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033608439     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7183.568     Document Type: Article

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